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This weekend, celebrate Mother’s Day the Fair Trade way. When you buy your mom chocolate, coffee, or flowers be sure to look for the Fair Trade Certified logo… you’ll be helping mothers and families in developing countries earn livable wages and ensure safe working conditions.

What is Fair Trade?Fair Trade is a global movement to alleviate poverty in the developing world, while ensuring consumers quality products that improve lives and protect the environment. Everyday purchases that bear the Fair Trade Certified™ logo come from farmers and workers in the developing world who are justly compensated, allowing them to build sustainable businesses that positively influence their communities.

My mother in law Is awsome! She works 3 jobs, gives with out asking for anything in return. Her love and understand just melts my heart. I love her and would have loved to have had her as my mom growing up. Love het to the moon & back…

My mom cares so selflessly about everyone else! She has been through such a tough year, between car accidents, bike accidents and just random injuries in general (welcome to my family!) and she has always care for others more than herself. She amazes me every day, and I can’t wait to celebrate HER Sunday!

My mom makes me laugh like no one else can. Last year she had an aneurysm and a few months ago she found out she has Crohn’s Disease and a large mass growing in her stomach. Through it all, she stayed strong and kept all of us laughing. Both her surgeries were a success and I’m just so glad I still have my mom here with me.

My mom is the sweetest lady who always makes sure that her kids never ever go hungry. She’s the most caring person I know. Even the other day, I had some holes in my pockets of my work pants and she offered to sew it up for me. Now, change no longer falls out of my pocket! 🙂

My mom has become a close friend the older I have gotten. In my teens we bickered because we are so similar and it drove me crazy but now in my late 20’s our relationship is so close because we ‘get each other’ on a deep level. She is encouraging, funny and supportive.

My mother is not only warm and loving, but a woman to respect. Now that my sister and I are both in college, she is training to be part of Doctors Without Borders. She has already traveled to Cambodia and Myanmar on medical missions.

What always awes me is my mother’s capacity to care for not only my family, but also her devotion and eagerness to care for all people around the world.

My mom is the most selfless person I know. Though she is too humble to ever realize it, she has provided her children the perfect example of love, kindness, and loyalty. She has also taught me what it means to be a true friend and the importance of maintaining lifelong friendships, through thick and thin.

My mother is the perfect example of support. She puts the needs of others (both friends and family) before herself. If a friend is going through a tough time, she is the first to express her support and be there in any way she can. She has taught me so much about what it means to be a true friend.

My mom wasn’t always there for me when I was little. She was in an unhappy marriage and had to compete with the affection that my brother and I gave my dad. As I got older and got married I realized that she did what she could. She knows her faults and has made up for lost time by being the best grandmother to 4 granddaughters. Despite being 70 she still walks NYC with my nieces so they can shop and see the city. She is amazing. It took me quite a long time to understand and appreciate her. I love her with all my heart. It akes a strong person to realize your faults and change.

Thanks for the giveaway! I love my mom. We both have very different views on tons of things (boys, curfews, even food!). It’s kind of funny, since we’re not that close at all since our jobs don’t allow us to spend as much time as we’d like with each other. But no matter how mad we get at each other, she’s always willing to welcome me with open arms.

In almost all of my own faults, to my most wonderful traits, up to the shape of my lips and each of my second toes (which are slightly longer than the first), I see my mother in me. She has helped to shape the person I am today, and the person I will continue to become throughout my life.. And I simply cannot imagine my life without her.

My mom is the only person who has ever really gotten me. Sometimes I think she knows me better than I know myself. Every day I wonder how I got so lucky to have a mother that I can count on for literally everything.

I love my mother, mom, mommy and best friend! She and I live on opposite sides of California but connect multiple days out of the week to say hello, exchange recipes, de-stress and laugh. My mother is beautiful, strong, hardworking and loves unconditionally. I strive to have half her energy when I am 65!

My Mom and I love to go shopping together and have a lavish lunch in the process. She is one of my best friends and I love spending as much time with her as I can. This Mother’s Day (and last year too) I’m making a brunch for the family 🙂

After mothering 5 kids (all 2 years apart) successfully through the trials and tribulations of adolescence and college, my mom decided to do it ALL over again with two kids in foster care. I sincerely hope I have the gumption she’s got when I am in my fifties. She sets the bar high while still kickin’ it humble style. Love her!

Hmm… There are so many things to say about my mother, that it is hard to say just one! I think that one of the most important things that I love about my mom is her constant support. I have been up and down in the recent years, dealing with friend problems, body image, and fitting in with my peers. My mom has been my rock through it all. She goes out with me when I am in need of a girl’s night and stays in when the weather (which was dreary and cold all through the winter days) got the best of me. Thanks mom, for all that you do.

I am so proud of my mom! She has worked with abused children for more than 21 years, and last year she won Volunteer of the Year from the City of Houston. She’s a wonderful friend and a great advocate for children.

I’m getting married next month and I can honestly say that I could not have pulled it off without my mom! Like with everything else in my life, she has been there every step of the way from physical help and getting things done, to mental support when problems arose. She has been my right hand and I cannot thank her enough!

My mommy is my sunshine and my encourager. She believes in me more than I believe in myself. She is my hero, and all my life long I strive to be just like her. She is the most selfless and brave person I have ever known.

I don’t imagine I’m eligible to enter the giveaway as I’m in England but I don’t need an excuse to sing my Mum’s praises!
She constantly inspires me in her attitude to life, other people and herself. She embraces everything that comes her way willingly, good or bad, is so kind-hearted and thoughtful and an incredible support, and perhaps most important of all, she has shown me how to accept me for who I am and that being kind to myself is all-important 😀

My mom is one of the strongest and most independent women I have known. She has overcome so much from her younger years. Among many things, she taught me how to stand up for myself and be strong while being kind at the same time. I love you mom!

I can honestly say I have the most supportive mother I know, no matter what new adventure I want to try out or life changing decision I’m making she always has my back one hundred percent. She has never made me feel as though I have done wrong even when I make mistakes, she realizes that this life is a journey and sometime I have to take detours on the way to my destination.
She is great and I am extremely grateful.

My mother has a gift; everyone she meets feels comfortable and welcome in her presence. She’s not an extraordinary housekeeper (though she puts me to shame) and doesn’t have a home that looks like it belongs in a magazine, but everyone feels at home in her home. She loves deeply, laughs a lot (even at herself) and is incredibly strong without recognizing it. She gives of herself without realizing the extent of her gift. simple gifts like doing the laundry and cooking a real meal or cleaning the tub. She has been my strength while I’ve dealt with cancer for 7 years, my first teacher in faith and staunchest ally, a force to be reckoned with. She carries joy, and has shared that gift with me. She is so remarkably extraordinary in the most ordinary way possible.

My mom organized 9 moves for our family of 4 between the time I was born and when I got out of high school. Each time, she made us a wonderful home in our new locale and dived right into the community, schools, etc. As a grown-up myself who has moved a few times, I have the utmost admiration and respect for how hard that was for her (and in the pre-internet and pre-email/texting days, much harder than now) and how gracefully she handled it all.

My mom is the sweetest and most caring person. She puts others before herself always and never hesitates to help those in need. She is a true role model for me and one my closest and dearest friends. I love her so much and feel so lucky to have her in my life. 🙂

My mother is so full of energy and so thoughtful. She is constantly thinking of and putting others ahead of herself. I’m constantly impressed by her depth of knowledge and her innate duty to serve the community.

My mother is the smartest, and most caring woman I have ever met. I found the perfect Mother’s Day card this year: Mom, I hope to be half as brilliant, beautiful, and generous as you are but twice as good at using the Internet.

My mom is my best friend and absolutely wonderful. She’s an incredible baker, used to run a catering business, loves food and art and books. She sends me care packages at college with rancho gordo beans, fleur de sel, Green and Black chocolate, and dried persimmons. We’re going to Sons and Daughters in SF for Mother’s Day and I can’t wait.

My mom is so supportive of me, and I think it’s because of her that I adore food so much. We share our love of food together by exploring, creating, and tweaking recipes, discovering new restaurants, and of course, eating and savoring all of the deliciousness (the best part!).

My mom is the one person I can count on to drop everything and be there for me under any circumstances. She has supported me and been my rock in everything I’ve done thus far, and owe all of my successes to her <3

My mom is my best friend and my number one fan. Case in point: this Mother’s Day she plans to drive for several hours just to watch me compete for a few short minutes. If that’s not love, I don’t know what is.

My mom passed away 15 years ago. She was a lover of life and never let go of her spirited ways. She was a painter of paint-by-numbers, registered nurse, belly dancer and singer with our player piano. She dug up a little rock garden in our suburban Detroit home and put in a plastic pool with goldfish in it. She took a burlap bag and embroidered away all the letters on it to create a beautiful Native American Halloween costume. She married my stepfather a month after meeting him and raised seven children, loving every minute. I miss her forever.

My Mother is one of the strongest, smartest women I know. She was one of the very first people (and the first woman) in our family to leave the very tiny rural town in North Carolina at 18 and moved to Miami Beach during the swinging 60s. She put herself through nursing school and ended up traveling the world.

My mother is the strongest and most inspiring woman I know. Her father died when she was 17 years old. To help support her family, she had to take evening college classes and get a job while she was still in high school. I’ve learned so much from her and couldn’t be more grateful to have an influence like her in my life.

I live 6 hours away from my mom, but she is the greatest. My mom has always been the person that took care of everyone, and also held my family together. When my dad passed away almost 5 years ago, my mom was totally rocked- it was out of the blue. Through the last few years, everyone in my family has had to adapt and to support each other. When my dad died, my mom for the first time in my life seemed vulnerable. She needed me, and my brother, because her life as she knew it was gone. She has really worked to adapt, to remember who she is as an individual, and also to adapt to her new role as grandma (!) to my nephew. This is the future of my family, but my mom is, of course, at the very heart of it all. I love you Mom, Happy Mother’s Day!!!

My mom has known me since a very young age and honestly has grown from mother into best friend. I could never thank her enough for all she sacrificed to make the life i live now a reality so i will pay homage to her with a variety of flowers.

My mom is an amazing woman. She didn’t blink an eye when I declared at age 9 that I was a vegetarian, and she has always been a great (and healthy!) cook. She is adventurous and generous and open–with food and with life!

I used to think my mom wore the wackiest clothes, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to appreciate and emulate her sense of style, because she wears what she likes and does it so well. It’s how she wants me to live my life too, doing what you want in life without worrying what others think of it; mixing the conventional and the wild.

My mom has been there every step of the way as I’ve gone through becoming a mother just this past March- she’s a lifesaver and is always just a phone call away. She took time off of work to come stay with my husband and I to help us settle in as parents- and she brought loads of food!

I am thankful for my mom who inspired my love of cooking & who always packed my lunches for school growing up – my favorite were her “banana messages” where she would write me a special note in sharpie on the banana. 🙂

My mom is strong, smart, understanding, and caring. She gives tough love, but that’s because she believes in her children. She teaches her children the importance of hard work and determination. You have to work to get it – nothing is handed to you. Moms are awesome, but I think my mom is the best! 🙂 🙂

My sweet momma taught me what loving good food was all about. We don’t spend much time together now (we’re halfway across the country!) but when we do, we spend most of it concocting delicious things in the kitchen and I absolutely love that time!